Benois de la Danse Nominees

Margaret Fuhrer

November 28, 2001

The nominees for the 2013 Benois de la Danse Awards were announced today at a press conference in Moscow—and they include a former Pointe cover star, several exciting up-and-comers and many other big names. Here’s the complete list:

CHOREOGRAPHERS

Hans Van Manen
– Variations for Two Couples, Benjamin Britten, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Stevan Kovács Tickmayer, Astor Piazolla. Dutch National Ballet.

Justin Peck
– Year of the Rabbit, Sufjan Stevens. New York City Ballet.

Christopher Wheeldon
– Cinderella, Sergei Prokofiev. Dutch National Ballet.

George Williamson
– Firebird, Igor Stravisky. English National Ballet.

BALLERINAS

Gudrun Boyesen
– Marguerite Gautier in The Lady of Camellias, Frederic Chopin/John Neumeier. Royal Danish Ballet.

Maria Kochetkova – Tatiana in Onegin , Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky/John Cranko. San Francisco Ballet.

Ksenia Ovsyanick
– The title role in Firebird, Igor Stravinsky/George Williamson. English National Ballet.

Ekaterina Petina
– Broken Fall, Barry Adamson/Russell Maliphant. Bavarian State Ballet.

Olga Smirnova
– Nikia in La Bayadère, Ludwig Minkus/M.Petipa, version by Yuri Grigorovich; Aspicia in Pharaoh’s Daughter, C.Pugni/P.Lacotte after Marius Petipa; Anastasia in Ivan the Terrible, Sergei Prokofiev/Yuri Grigorovich; Principal in Diamonds of Jewels, Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky/George Balanchine. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Anna Tsigankova
– The title role in Cinderella, Sergei Prokofiev/Christopher Wheeldon. Dutch National Ballet.

DANCERS

Taras Domitro
– Lensky in Onegin, Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky/John Cranko. San Francisco Ballet.

Matthew Golding
– Prince in Cinderella, SergeiProkofiev/Christopher. Wheeldon. Dutch National Ballet.

Vladislav Lantratov
– Solor in La Bayadère, Ludwig Minkus/Marius Petipa, version by Yuri Grigorovich; the title role in Ivan the Terrible, Sergei Prokofiev/Yuri Grigorovich.

Alban Lendorf
– Armand Duval in The Lady of Camellias, Frederic Chopin/John Neumeier. Royal Danish Ballet.

Tigran Mikayelyan
– Third duo in Goldberg Variations, Johann Sebastian Bach/Jerome Robbins. Bavarian State Ballet.

Vadim Muntagirov
– Prince in Sleeping Beauty, Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky/Kenneth MacMillan. English National Ballet.

Edward Watson
– Principal in Fool’s Paradise, Joby Talbot/Christopher Wheeldon. Royal Ballet, London.